Wheel-hub.



No. 863,801. A PATENTED OCT. 22,-1907.

v w. s. OSWALD.

WHEBL HUB.

WILLIAM S. OSWALD, OF DIRECT, TEXAS.

WHEEL-HUB Speci-fieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed March 28,1907. Serial Not 365,043.

To all tehom tt may con/wit:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. OSWALD, a citizen of the United States, resding at Direet, in the eounty oi Lamar and State of 'l`ex have invented a. new and useful Wheel-I'Iub, of which the following is a specifieaton. i

This invention relatr-s to Wheel hubs and its Object is to provide a roller bearing oi novel forn designed to reduee f-ietion to the mininnun and also disposed to hold the hub against longitudinal displacenient npon its spindle.

A still further objeet is to provide a hub of this eha'- aeter having its bearings as well as the end portions of the spindle eoneealml tlerein where they are fully protected fron the adnisson of dust, etc., which [night seriously interfere with the rotation of the hnb.

With these and other objeets in View the invention eonsists of eertain noyel features of coustrin'tion and eonlnnations of parts whiehwill be hereinafter nore fully deseribed and pointed out in the elains.

In the aeeompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section throngha hub and its spinlle eonstrueted in accord-aneo with the present invent ion; Fig. :2 is au end elevation there'i a portion of the 'etaining plate being broken away; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section through one end portion of the hub, some of the rollers of the bearing being renoved.

Refer'ing to the figures by characters of reference, l is a hub .having a netallict box 2 and extending into this box is a spindle 3 fored with an annular eollar 4. This eollar is so positioned that when the spindle is inserted into the box the eollar will assunie a position within the Central portion of the hub. Friction 'ollers 5 are interptwed between the Collar and each end of the hub and are retained in position by end plates G. These end plates are fasteued to the ends of the hub in any preferred manner as by n ans of bolts 7 oxtending from the box 2 and the outer plate has anoil Opening 8 at the center thereof, the inner end of which is practically closed at all times by the end of spindle 3. The other plate G has an Opening 9 through which the spindle exteitls. Collar 4 is snppored out of contact with the box by the rolle's and as the length of the rollers is substantially equal to the distance between the Collar and each of the end plates it is Obvious that said rollers will hold the spindle against longitudinal novenent by bearing against the end plates. The rollers ean be easily luln'icated by foreing a lubricant through the opening 8. The two end plates not only constitute end or thrust bearings for the rollers but also act as guards to prevent the adnission of dust, etc., between the rollers. It will bo seen that with a hub of this construction it is unnecessary to fasten the Wheel upon the spindle by means of nnts as heretoiore but instead the rollers (constituting the bearings coperate with the end plates for the purpose of retaining the hub in position. Any roller of either series ean be conveniently 'enoved simply by detaehing the adjoining end plate G. A hub eonstrueted in the nanner herein described is not only durable and effective but will also be found attractive inasniueh as the means for securing the hub against longitudinal displaeenent is praetically concealed. A serew plug 10 is preferably employed for positively Closing the Opening 8 What is claimed is:

l. l`he eombination with a hub; of a box theren, bolts integral with and extending from the ends of the box, a spindle nounted to rotate within the box and having an anular eollar, retaning' plates secured upon the bolts, one oi' said 'lates surrounding the spindle and anti-friction de* viees within the box and interposed between the collar and the retaining piates, said anti-frietion devices, Collar and plates constituting means to prevent longi'tudinal movenent of the hub upon the spindle.

2. The conbination with a hub, a box therein, and bolts extending from and integral with the ends of the box; of retaining* plates seeured upon the bolts and bearing' against the ends or' the hnb. a spindle revolubly mounted within the box and having a Collar thereon, and anti-fretion devices within the box and interposed between the collar and retaining plates to hold the hub and spindle against inde pendent longitndinal novenent. r

In testimony that I clain the foregoing es my own, I have ho'eto aflixed my signature in the presence of two \vitnesses \VILLIAM S. OSVVALD.

Witnesses W. A. Ilrcnooox, A. BATEMAN. 

